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Location:

San Antonio,TX,USA

Member Since:

Feb 26, 2008

Gender:

Male

Goal Type:

Local Elite

Running Accomplishments:

2008 Ragnar Relay Del Sol, 1st Public Service Male Team, Marathon PR 2:58:39, PR Half Marathon 1:25:47, 10K PR 40:04, PR 5K 17:26  PR mile 4:57 Lots of races all over the world!

Short-Term Running Goals:

1. Qualify for Boston 2. Complete the Run for the Red in under 3:00 3. Run a 1:20 Half Marathon 4. Run a 2:49:59 or better at the Ridge to Bridge Marathon, Jonas Springs, NC on Oct 22, 2011. Run RocknRoll San Antonio Marathon Nov 13, 2011.

Long-Term Running Goals:

1. Run hard, have fun, improve myself and help improve others.

2.  Get faster and stay healthy!

Personal:

Married with 3 children, 1 dog and 1 snake.  Living in San Antonio, TX. Active Air Force Reserve Instructor.

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34.2517.6051.85
Night Sleep Time: 34.75Nap Time: 4.00Total Sleep Time: 38.75
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2.000.002.00

1 mile with both dogs, 1 mile easy on my own.  Trying to settle back in to being home.  I can't wait until my first run again with Blue Pants!

Night Sleep Time: 2.50Nap Time: 4.00Total Sleep Time: 6.50
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9.200.009.20

8.2, very nice, took it at what I felt was pretty easy at 7:10's  Faster than expected just getting back to 2500 ft in altitude.  The river run was nice, the new section opened up and its pretty popular.  Got lots of good mornings and hellos, that was a nice change :D  I even saw Laszlo in the back yard on my way back in.

1 mile with both dogs, nice and easy.

Night Sleep Time: 4.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 4.50
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5.355.0010.35

1.1 with the dogs

1.4 to the track

.55 warmup

800, 1600, 3200, 1600, 800 @ 6:00 pace with Jeff...he is in much better shape than I at the moment.  Iraq was not great for my running.

.55 cooldown

Overall not bad for the first BPR workout being back here.

Trip down to Bisbee with Laszlo, we will be directing the Bisbee 1000!

Recruit training, Lots of Push ups situps and lunges, another 1.75 miles, probably really about 2 or so, but I know 1.75 for sure.

Night Sleep Time: 5.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 5.50
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9.602.0011.60

To Reid Park as a warm up, wow I haven't been this sore in a long time! Thanks for all the lunges last night at Recruit Training Lauren. 3.5 miles

4.75 with BPR, Me, Jeff, LnL and Prithi.  Plus 20 push ups and situps at 6 stops.  Although on two I cut it short to 10 and 15.  Too many push ups and sit ups last night at the Recruit Training.

Ran home, 3.35. Actually felt alright going home, but my legs still feel like bricks!

Night Sleep Time: 6.75Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 6.75
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5.0010.6015.60

1.5 miles each way to and from the BPR Tempo run.

10.6 Tempo/MP run with Jeff sandbagging to hang with me.  6:56 pace. 

My legs, more specificly my quads/thighs still feel like bricks, so overall being back in Tucson at 2500ft for less than a week and putting in the most mileage in a week in quite some time, I felt pretty good. 

The AF Marathon is just a week and 2 days away.  I put in a bit more miles and tougher workouts, but I still did not put in any really long runs.  I think Sunday I will go for a 18-20 miler, just to get a bit more towards my race miles.  I am actually anxious to see if the lower mileage and fewer long runs will still have me ready to run Sub-3.  If not, I will be paying for it and will be ready to run the Tucson Marathon in Dec with Jeff.

I think realistically we can run about a 2:45, maybe next year shoot for a 2:37.

We'll have to see how training goes now that I am back though.

Evening--Recruit Training with 2 miles mixed in there.

Night Sleep Time: 7.50Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 7.50
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3.100.003.10

The toughest 3.1 I have run in a long time, maybe ever.

I did the chalking of the course for tomorrows Run Down Crime 5K. I ran the entire way pushing that thing! Its not too bad on the fairways, but the rough, the soft wet spots and the hills...whew. Its short, wabbly and I am covered in chalk, but I marked the entire course with three and a half bags of chalk in about an hour, hour and a half.

Night Sleep Time: 8.00Nap Time: 0.00Total Sleep Time: 8.00
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34.2517.6051.85
Night Sleep Time: 34.75Nap Time: 4.00Total Sleep Time: 38.75
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